0p0 Chapter 108: Ice Elemental Consciousness Collection
Chapter 108: Ice Elemental Consciousness Collection
Elemental creatures are the embodiment of another evolutionary direction of intelligent creatures.
According to the logic of Blue Planet, it is a life form other than carbon-based life.
The reproduction of this organism is somewhat like that of fungi, giving birth to the next generation of life through mitosis in the elemental core.
So if you see an ice element shaking like a sieve and sifting ice chips all over the ground, don't think he is afraid.
That's the ice element giving birth.
The process is the same in reverse. If an ice element swallows one of its own kind, don't think that it is that cruel.
That is the elemental's unique way of evolution - fusion.
After an ice element swallows another ice element, the cores of the two will slowly converge together to become a larger and stronger core.
This will bring higher wisdom and greater power to the ice element.
But if the time for devouring the same kind is too short, the cores often do not have time to fuse together.
For example, the oak monsters and giant squirrels that Alvin had encountered before, as well as the super-giant frost giant variants that caused great trouble to the druids and orcs, all belonged to ice elements whose cores had not yet been completely integrated.
"So, the changes in Oril caused these ice elements to be swallowed too quickly?"
Paul used his hardwood stick to poke at the ice hole on the ground, trying to expand it.
“To be precise, it was Oluel who drove these ice heads crazy. Their devouring was not for the purpose of evolution.
Before the old core could merge, it immediately swallowed a new one.
Paul, you have been playing with this hole for a natural hour, and it has not changed at all..."
Hejia sat nearby, wiping snow on the blade of her giant axe. This was how she maintained this magical weapon.
Glancing at his half-blood brother, Hejia felt that there was no point in continuing to do this, so he shook his head and continued:
"This little guy has probably been frozen into jerky. How much more time are you going to waste here?"
There was a sound of wood breaking, and the hardwood stick in Paul's hand broke into two pieces.
He dropped the weapon in his hand, stared at the cave entrance helplessly, and said to Hejia without turning his head.
“You don’t understand, Hejia.
Although this kid, Alvin, is a bit of a bastard, he is very important to the Druids.
Everything you saw in the North District Cult, the ecological cycle built within the wall, the elven druids who had never appeared before, and even the high wall, were all the work of this kid.
Not only that, the concepts in this kid's mind may require the druid doctrines of the main material world to be rewritten.
You can say he will be the next Pope without exaggerating."
“I can’t believe that this little fellow who is ordered around by you is spoken of so highly by you.
My hybrid brother is still as stubborn as ever."
As he spoke, Hejia pulled out an ice cone that glowed faintly with blue light from his pocket, placed it in front of his forehead and muttered something, then threw it into the dark cave.
“Come on, Bol, the frost giant’s hunting mark will let me know if he is still alive.
Now, we must return to the Spine of the World before the Frostbeards are wiped out."
"Disappear? What do you mean?
Hejia, is there anything else you haven't told me..."
……
The originally pitch-black underground lake is now illuminated by this curtain of light.
Alvin really wanted to try his best to get closer to the light curtain, so that he would feel more secure.
But I don’t know whether this thing is an enemy or a friend. If one of them eats me up because I don’t talk to it well, who should I cry to?
[I still don’t understand…]
[Little Meat Man... The ice elements devour each other, and then fuse their cores. This is our way of evolution...
The more we merge, the higher our intelligence will be…
When I reached the size of a mountain, I found that I could resist Auril's control and make myself less crazy...
So, I swallowed all the ice elements still in the north...】
a mountain?
Student Alvin found the key point.
[You were as big as a mountain then, so now you are...]
[Greedy meat man, you have asked too many questions in a row... Now it's my turn to ask...
I am becoming more and more curious about you now...
Why do you have a conscious mind that thinks very fast...
The other one even had a hard time understanding the concepts I was conveying...】
ha? !
Now it was Alvin's turn to be confused.
What does this mean? Are you trying to say that you have a low IQ?
When I was in school, my reading comprehension scores were very high...
[Hmm… I see…
What a strange meat man...】
No, what do you know? I don’t know anything!
[Little Meat Man... continue asking questions...]
Ivan's physical strength began to weaken, and he could no longer hold on.
「Hey, is there anything you can do to make me… gurgle gurgle… a little… gurgle gurgle…」
[Hmm...it turns out that flesh people can't live in water...]
Brother, you just found out about this? Didn't you say you have extraordinary intelligence?
[Let me think... Is there any way to get you out of the water...]
Can you please hurry up? My calves are cramping...
【Well……】
Stop it, big brother... Your communication with consciousness and random interjections are a bit wordy...
【Maybe you can try this...】
Before Alvin could start complaining, a complex yet extremely simple concept was transmitted to his mind.
While the main consciousness was trying hard to spit out water, the subconscious mind started to work at high speed and perfectly analyzed this concept.
Afterwards, without any movement from Alvin, his body began to rise at a constant speed, little by little, and the cold water droplets fell down under the action of gravity.
It was not until his toes left the water and his entire body was suspended in mid-air that the effect of this magical concept was fully realized.
[Innate Magic: Float]
Alvin looked at the soles of his feet in surprise. He was now at least one meter away from the water surface.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that you are "flying"!
[Little Meat Man... This is the way elementals change their weight...
We can now proceed to ask questions...]
Still enjoying the thrill of flying, Alvin was like a kid who had gotten a new toy. He curiously kicked his legs, waved his hands, and stuck out his butt, trying out various floating postures.
[I don’t even know how to thank you… er, I don’t even know how to address you…
Do you have a name? 】
[Name? Ice elements never need names...
We just need to remember Auril... um... now Auril is crazy... I don't really need to remember her name...】
[But you are not an ordinary ice element now, are you?
When you merge the cores of all the ice elements in the North, you are now equivalent to the sum of the will of a race.
Like a social consciousness with independent will. 】
The light curtain flickered imperceptibly. As an ice element that had just completed fusion, his ability to understand unfamiliar concepts could be said to be quite good.
[That makes sense... It seems I do need a nickname...]
[Why not call it Dabai? Dashan? Dabingkuai? ]
[Little Meat Man, your other consciousness told me that the last name is not very friendly...]
[Uh... what a pity, ice cubes can be used in many ways...]
[Okay... Little Meat Man... it's just a code name...
Let’s talk about the concept of social awareness… I think this will be very interesting…】